Jaclyn Moriarty
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Jaclyn Moriarty is an Australia
n novelist, most known for her young adult literature
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and Nicola, are also novelists. Moriarty studied English at the University of Sydney
upon graduating from high school. She then studied law at Yale University
and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
, where she was awarded a PhD. Moriarty also has a B.A. and an M.A.
She worked as an entertainment and media lawyer for four years before becoming a full-time writer. Moriarty was previously married to Canadian writer Colin McAdam, and they have one young son, Charlie. She currently lives in Sydney
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The Ashbury/Brookfield series of novels are (in chronological order):
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n novelist, most known for her young adult literature
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
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Biography
Moriarty was raised in the northern suburbs of Sydney. She has five sisters and one brother. Two of her sisters, Liane MoriartyLiane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty is an Australian author. She is the sister of author Jaclyn Moriarty. -Career:After leaving school, Moriarty worked in advertising and marketing at a legal publishing company. She then ran her own company for a while before taking work as a freelance advertising copywriter...
and Nicola, are also novelists. Moriarty studied English at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
upon graduating from high school. She then studied law at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college is often referred to simply as "Caius" , after its second founder, John Keys, who fashionably latinised the spelling of his name after studying in Italy.- Outline :Gonville and...
, where she was awarded a PhD. Moriarty also has a B.A. and an M.A.
She worked as an entertainment and media lawyer for four years before becoming a full-time writer. Moriarty was previously married to Canadian writer Colin McAdam, and they have one young son, Charlie. She currently lives in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
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The Ashbury/Brookfield series
The Ashbury/Brookfield Series is four novels that are not sequels but are linked. They all revolve around various students that attend the exclusive private school, Ashbury High, or the local comprehensive, Brookfield High. Many of the students cross over into more than one novel, but each novel is different and tells a different story. All novels are told through the various character's own writing (through letters, emails, exam papers, etc.).The Ashbury/Brookfield series of novels are (in chronological order):
- Feeling Sorry for CeliaFeeling Sorry for CeliaFeeling Sorry for Celia is a young adult novel by Jaclyn Moriarty. It was first published in 2000 by Pan Macmillan. The story is told in a series of letters.-Blurb:...
- Finding Cassie CrazyFinding Cassie CrazyFinding Cassie Crazy is a novel by Jaclyn Moriarty. It was first published 2003 in Australia. The novel is both a stand-alone and also the second book of the Ashbury/Brookfield Series....
(AUS/UK title) The Year of Secret Assignments (US title) - The Betrayal of Bindy MackenzieThe Betrayal of Bindy MackenzieThe Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie, is the third novel for young adults by Jaclyn Moriarty set in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, where the author grew up. The story focuses on a minor character from Moriarty's second young adult novel, Finding Cassie Crazy...
(AUS title) also published as Becoming Bindy Mackenzie (UK title), and The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie (US title) - Dreaming of Amelia (AUS/UK title) also published as The Ghosts of Ashbury High (US title)
Other novels
- I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes
- The Spell Book of Listen Taylor - a young adult novel that is an adaptation of I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes.
- Cicada Summer